Comments on: Past Purchases – A Car Battery

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:24:03 +0000

I went for the AAA battery choice mostly for convenience and the guarantee of a good battery with free recharge. The only caveat is that when the battery dies, you cannot simply get a jump and drive the car to charge it up. Wherever you are, the car will have to be towed to an authorized AAA auto repair to test the battery for 4-6 hours to ensure it is still good.

Well, we are still stressed out, the car was not driven so the battery died again. The car was towed to the local AAA auto repair and now I wait to get the report, whether the battery is still good. I asked why the battery would not be good since it was a brand new one last August? I was put on terminal hold and came here..

My question is can a newly installed battery, not driven much, ‘die’ and have to be replaced? I asked if that made sense and they repeated that they have to test it to find out it’s status. I smell a ‘looking for an alternator problem’ for a local mechanic to make money on, or am I being paranoid? Any advice is appreciated. ~Clueless

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:20:36 +0000

Mark, my 2007 battery is still going strong. I’ve never even needed a jump, and it’s been over four years.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:24:05 +0000

Had my Toyota Rav4 battery replaced by AAA this morning. It is a 2007 car that I bought in 2010. After spending the money, I did a quick Google search and here I am.

Now, here is the rub…I paid the same amount $115 ($123 with tax) as you did in 2007! So, 4 years later, it is still the same amount of money! I second others here who say it would have cost more if I went to a dealer.

I have a guarantee for 3 years and after that it would be $50 for the next two years. So, we shall see. Please let me know if your 2007 battery is still holding out.

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By: Get Paid To Drive Cars

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By: Robert Sparkman

Robert Sparkman — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:29:39 +0000

I just had an AAA repair guy replace my battery, and it was about $115 as well.

He told me that the AAA batteries are basically fresh batteries, and haven’t been sitting on the shelves like some auto parts batteries. In fact, after 3 months at the AAA storage place, they are sent back to the factory and the labels are stripped, and new labels for Autozone are placed on them, and they are sold to Auto Zone.

In addition, the $115 cost included installation. The last battery I bought was 2 years ago from Advance Auto. The guy who sold it to me for $70 told me he would install it, but once he looked at my car, and found it was in a difficult place to reach, he said I’d have to take it to a mechanic. I then paid a mechanic $75 labor to install a battery that he wasn’t making a profit on.

I think AAA offers a good service in regards to the battery replacement. And, you can pretty well be assured the battery will be good, because they aren’t going to want to be running out there and boosting you every so often from a bad battery. Buying from a cheaper source is what I’d call “penny wise and pound foolish”.

Regards,

Robert

By: TravelStar

TravelStar — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:59:05 +0000

It happen to me on black friday.
The battery was dead and I parked in a shopping
mall parking lot with young 2 kids.

My options is buy AAA battery and change it at the spot for $115 or jump start it. Then, I drive to a dealer to change it. It would cost about the same.
My concern is if the battery from AAA is as good as the battery from the honda dealer. Since I have 2 kids with me, the option is very limited.
I guess I will find out in 3 years.
If it can last 3 years withOUT any problem, I am very happy.

By: YoungMoneyTalks

YoungMoneyTalks — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:00:13 +0000

My old car had the worst luck with batteries: I replaced three within three years. But, if I were you, I would have had the on the spot replacement, too. If you couldn’t jump the battery, then you would have to get a tow, which can easily run a hundred bucks by itself.

By: celticbuffy

celticbuffy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:35:35 +0000

I recently had to purchase a new battery for my car. My cost $170. I had the dealer’s shop do it. Originally I thought it may be the alternator but thankfully it wasn’t. I could’ve saved some money buy doing this myself but the car was already there, I would have had to pay for the diagnostics done on it and in the end it would have cost me close to the same amount when you add in the time of running around to comparison shop batteries and the aggravation of trying to do it myself. So the $170 was worth it to me.